The noun indolence means  a habit of laziness, especially when avoiding work. In the 1600s, indolence was mostly used to mean insensitivity to pain, from the Latin indolentia, freedom from pain.. About 100 years later, indolence came to have its current meaning, possibly because of the phrase taking pains, which means being careful..
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By extension, the veld can be compared to 'the boondocks' or those places 'beyond the black stump' in Australia. There is a sense in which it refers in essence to unimproved land (and is therefore not the equivalent of the English paddock) but in other senses the veld can include areas used both for pastoral activities and the planting of crops.